Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1481 - 1490 of 2487 results for "Land"

Industry fund awards $500m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
An industry superannuation fund has placed $500 million with IFM Investors' global indexed equity strategy. HESTA's large investment marks the first mandate for the recently-launched strategy and IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said the ...

Synchron lands payroll tax win

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Leading non-institutional licensee, Synchron, has won its battle on payroll tax that would have had major financial implications for Australian licensees. After a five year legal battle, the State Revenue Office (SRO) Victoria has issued a letter to ...

IFM appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... Based in Canada, Carol Gray is also a director at the American Express Bank of Canada and the Infrastructure Ontario and Land Corporation. She was previously president and general manager at Equifax Canada and has also held roles at the Canadian Imperial ...

HUB24 FUA up 84pc

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
HUB24 has reached $3 billion in funds under administration (FUA), heralding 84% growth in the past 12 months. The announcement follows three quarters of strong gross inflows for HUB24 in the 2016 financial year, with the platform having the sixth highest ...

One in four willing to switch advisers: EY survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Wealth managers in Australia will need to employ more client-centric strategies and make better use of technology if they want to capture a share of the sector's $280 billion (US$200 billion) global revenue opportunity, according to EY's 2016 global ...

DomaCom partners to keep cattle empire in Australian hands

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Following fears that Australia's massive Kidman cattle station would be sold to overseas investors, fractional property investment fund DomaCom has announced a partnership and a potential solution. DomaCom has partnered with Lloyds Business Brokers ...

Robo advice set to fail: Morningstar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... invest and embrace technology, because even though these robo advisers are likely to fail, the perception out there in client land is that simple things now need to be cheap. "What I find more interesting though is if robo advisers are not going to replace ...

AFA heralds adaptability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for advisers to focus on adaptability if they wish to address changing consumer preferences, the costs of delivering quality advice, technology and industry disruptors. The call follows the conclusion ...

QIC makes first agribusiness acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
QIC has entered a binding agreement to acquire an 80% controlling interest in the North Australian Pastoral Company (NAP). The agreement marks QIC's first major agriculture acquisition since announcing its agribusiness strategy and intention to grow ...

Zurich launches education curriculum

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched the Zurich Curriculum, in a bid to support adviser education and development. The Zurich Curriculum aims to provide advisers and their support staff with the skills and knowledge to build specialist expertise ...